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"Questions remain about whether the genetically modified mosquitoes will have unintended effects on local mosquitoes, animals or the ecosystem at large, Live Sc
by mikece 6y ago
"Questions remain about whether the genetically modified mosquitoes will have unintended effects on local mosquitoes, animals or the ecosystem at large, Live Science previously reported."
I applaud that the article mentions this: it's one of several concerns I have when I read the title of the story. However, not even one bit of educated speculation of what might happen when nature adapts and these genetic tinkerings -- along with the introduction of mosquito DNA from other continents -- produce a version of mosquito we've never seen before, one with potentially disastrous consequences. I would think that once scientists discover mosquitos adapting in the wild and creating new hybrids they didn't expect that they would call time-out and go back to the lab to study rather than releasing new batches elsewhere to see what happens.